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Winfixer 2005 and other things too

fiddler

Posted 08 October 2005 - 07:11 PM

fiddler

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Hi everyone,Thanks in advance for any help you are able to give.The problem started this afternoon, when the winfixer popup appeared, telling me my computer may start to run slowly and do erratic things.I closed all windows (leaving the popup where it was) and ran Norton and Adaware. They found nothing. I then searched the web and tried to fix the problem myself by adapting solutions for other peoples computers. Incidentally, it was hard to access any website with 'Winfixer' in the title, except there own website. I can no only access the web by using the icon in the Internet Explorer folder, right clicking it and clicking 'Run As', with the 'Protect my computer.....' box checked.Everything is now running very slowly and the contents of 'My Favorites' folder have disappeared. However Yahoo and MSN Messengers appear not to have been affected.I doubt that I will be able to download anything, as I visited, as instructed, your 'Click Here before posting a Hijack This Log' page. I was unable to download anything from there.I alrerady have the Highjack This and VundoFix programs. Here is a copy of the Highjack This log:

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fiddler

Posted 09 October 2005 - 04:50 AM

Further to the problems listed above....I can no longer access my email (MSN Hotmail) and the Internet Explorer icon in the toolbar has changed to what looks like a yellow telephone..... please!!

I was not entirely accurate with one of the details in my original post....the favorites folder is still there...but it doesn't show when I click the favorites 'star'...the 'history' icon doesn't work either.

My apologies for replying to my own topic...I realise now that I should have edited the original post instead.

Then open c:\WinPFind and double-click on WinPFind.exe.When the program is open, click on the Start Scan button to start scanning your computer. Be patient as this scan may take a while.When it is done, it will show a log and tell you the scan is completed. Reboot your computer back to normal mode and and post the contents of c:\WinPFind\WinPFind.txt as a reply to this topic.

fiddler

Posted 12 October 2005 - 06:32 AM

fiddler

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Sam,
I disabled Peer Guardian and uninstalled both Skype and vSkype with Add/Remove programs. However the yellow telephone is still there. I can't download WindPFind. In fact I am unable to download anything. Is there anything else I can do?

Buckeye_Sam

Posted 12 October 2005 - 06:39 AM

fiddler

Posted 12 October 2005 - 07:00 AM

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I still can't download WinPFind, Sam. I've been trying to find out why I can't download anything and in Tools/Internet Options/Security/Custom Level, everything is set to 'Disable'. I cannot reset to 'Medium'. Also, all Cookies are blocked. This won't reset either.

Buckeye_Sam

Posted 12 October 2005 - 07:03 AM

Buckeye_Sam

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Let's see what we can do with what you already have.

Open Hijackthis, click "Open the Misc Tools section"
Next to "Generate StartupList log", place a check next to "List also minor sections" (full) and "List empty sections (complete).
Then click "Generate StartupList log"
Click "Yes" to the box that pops-up.
Then copy and paste the notepad text that appears to this topic.

C:\Explorer.exe: not presentF:\WINDOWS\Explorer\Explorer.exe: not presentF:\WINDOWS\System\Explorer.exe: not presentF:\WINDOWS\System32\Explorer.exe: not presentF:\WINDOWS\Command\Explorer.exe: not presentF:\WINDOWS\Fonts\Explorer.exe: not present

Command line options: /verbose - to add additional info on each section /complete - to include empty sections and unsuspicious data /full - to include several rarely-important sections /force9x - to include Win9x-only startups even if running on WinNT /forcent - to include WinNT-only startups even if running on Win9x /forceall - to include all Win9x and WinNT startups, regardless of platform /history - to list version history only

Buckeye_Sam

Posted 12 October 2005 - 10:37 AM

Buckeye_Sam

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I've been trying to find out why I can't download anything and in Tools/Internet Options/Security/Custom Level, everything is set to 'Disable'. I cannot reset to 'Medium'. Also, all Cookies are blocked. This won't reset either.

When you are at Internet Options -> Security tab is anything grayed out?Can you click in Default Level?